The Supreme Court of India has directed the BCCI not to distribute funds to its state associations until they comply with the Lodha Committee’s recommendations. The board has been asked to submit an affidavit stating compliance with the recommendations with the court and the Lodha committee in two weeks; the next hearing is scheduled for December 5. The court directed the Lodha panel to fix a limit on the value…
WICB re-introduces day-night matches for first-class cricket
Six of the 30 first-class matches in West Indies’ upcoming domestic season will be played with the pink ball © Cricket Australia/Getty Images The WICB has decided to re-introduce day-night matches with the use of pink ball in their domestic first-class competition – the Regional 4-Day Tournament – for the upcoming season. The board had first carried out the experiment it in 2009 to boost spectator interest that had been…
Timbawala replaces injured Santhanam in USA squad
Ravi Timbawala scored an unbeaten 73 to lead USA past Canada in the third match of the 2016 Auty Cup © Peter Della Penna Batsman Ravi Timbawala has been confirmed as a replacement for allrounder Srini Santhanam in USA’s squad for ICC WCL Division Four beginning October 29. Santhanam was injured during the Auty Cup last weekend against Canada, suffering a recurrence of the right shoulder injury that has plagued…
Dhoni rues lack of big partnerships in defeat
Play 03:48 Agarkar: India self-destructed on the night India captain MS Dhoni blamed the absence of big partnerships for his team’s six-run defeat to New Zealand on a Feroz Shah Kotla pitch that was slow and had variable bounce. After New Zealand had made 242, India stitched together sizeable partnerships in their chase but lost clumps of wickets on two occasions. First, Ajinkya Rahane and Manish Pandey departed in the…
Travelling to Pakistan still risky, says FICA
Brendon McCullum was the first pick at the PSL draft held in Dubai on October 19 © AFP The security risk for foreign players travelling to Pakistan remains “unmanageable” according to independent consultants, the international players’ association FICA has said, after the PCB announced that the 2017 Pakistan Super League final would be held in Lahore. The league stage and the semi-finals of the PSL, the PCB’s T20 tournament along…
Women to travel in style for World Cup
West Indies women celebrate their World Twenty20 victory in India earlier this year © AFP Cricket officials have promised to give women cricketers equivalent travel rights to their male counterparts during the Women’s World Cup in London next year. The decision is a shift of policy since World Twenty20 in India earlier this year when ICC paid for all the men’s teams to fly business class, while the women’s teams…
Williamson, Southee star in final-over win
New Zealand 242 for 9 (Williamson 118, Bumrah 3-35, Mishra 3-60) v IndiaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Kane Williamson’s boundaries were well calculated as he made his second ODI century as captain, and eighth overall © BCCI India wouldn’t have expected a target of 243 to trouble them. But it did. Their top order tends to finish games off. Not this time. That left MS Dhoni and a set of…
Bansal, Mehul Patel dominate on 17-wicket day in Lahli
File photo: Sayan Mondal’s maiden first-class century helped Bengal dominate Punjab on the opening day © PTI The bowlers called the shots in Lahli where 17 wickets fell on the opening day between Gujarat and Railways in the third round of the 2016-17 Ranji Trophy. After being put in, Gujarat were shot out for 187, before fighting back to leave Railways at 63 for 7. Gujarat were wrecked by left-arm…
'We have shown that we can compete' – Holder
Jason Holder: ‘We need to sharpen up on the mistakes we made in the field. And we should cut out on those no-balls as it cost us’ © AFP Following their gritty fight in the second innings in Dubai, Jason Holder, the West Indies captain, has said his team is confident of dealing with Pakistan and their key bowler, legspinner Yasir Shah, at their “fortress” in Abu Dhabi. However, they…
Haryana bowled out for 178 after Mandal four-for
File photo – Smit Patel scored his second successive hundred as Tripura finished the day on 305 for 2 against Himachal Pradesh © ICC/Getty Left-arm spinner Ajay Mandal‘s second four-wicket haul helped Chhattisgarh bowl Haryana out for 178 in Guwahati. After Haryana elected to bat, the early damage was caused by seamer Pankaj Rao – who removed opener Nitin Saini and Himanshu Rana – and Mandal, who left them struggling…